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My main interests are plant-animal interactions and plant reproductive biology. My research has been focused on how pollinators and seed disperser affect plant fitness, how these interactions vary in time and space and how these are affected by human activity. In addition to observational and field experimental approaches I also have addressed my research questions with meta-analytical tools. Most of my research has been conducted in the tropics; I used to work with bat-pollinated plants, functional and evolutionary issues. Currently I am a postdoctoral fellow in the Landscape and Biodiversity Research Group at the School of Applied Sciences , University of Northampton . My postdoctoral project deals with natural selection and flowering time. It is said that pollinator-mediated natural selection plays an important role in flowering time; however, some evidence suggests the opposite. I am doing this research in collaboration with Jeff Ollerton from the University of Northampton and Victor Parra-Tabla from the University of Yucatán , México. The goal of my postdoctoral project is to generate empirical data and to integrate all the information available and finally, draw a conclusion using meta-analytic and phylogenic tools. Phylogenetically informed meta-analysis is a novel approach which should allow us to reach high-order conclusions with evidence available to date.
My Studies
- B.Sc. Fes-Iztacala. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM; 1997-2001)
Thesis: Comparative anatomy and embryology of vertebrate heart
- M.Sc. Centro de Investigaciones en Ecosistemas, UNAM (2001-2003)
Thesis: Pollination biology of Ceiba pentandra (Bombacaeae)
- Ph.D. Instituto de Ecología A. C. Xalapa, México (2004-2008)
Thesis: Pollination biology, seed dispersal and facilitation in a Mexican columnar cactus
Publications
- Munguía-Rosas,
M.A., Parra-Tabla, V., Ollerton, J. & Cervera, C. (2011) Environmental
control of reproductive phenology and the effect of pollen supplementation
on resource allocation in the cleistogamous weed, Ruellia nudiflora
(Acanthaceae). Annals of Botany 2011; doi: 10.1093/aob/mcr284 (pdf 259KB)
- Munguía-Rosas,
M.A. Ollerton, J. Parra-Tabla, V. & Arturo De-Nova,
J. (2011) Meta-analysis of phenotypic selection on flowering phenology
suggests that early flowering plants are favoured. Ecology
Letters 14: 511-521 (pdf 309KB).
- Munguía-Rosas,
M.A. Ollerton, J. & Parra-Tabla, V. (2011) Phenotypic
selection on flowering phenology and size of two dioecious plant
species with different pollen vectors. Plant Species Biology
in press (pdf 281KB)
- Munguía-Rosas MA ,
Jacome-Flores ME, Sosa V, Quiroz-Ceron ML. 2009. Removal of Pilosocereus
leucocephalus (Cactaceae, tribe Cereeae) seeds by ants and
their potential role as primary seed dispersers. Journal of Arid
Environments 73: 578-581
- Munguía-Rosas MA ,
Sosa VJ . 2008. Nurse plants vs Nurse objects:
The effects of woody plants and rocky cavities on the recruitment
of the Pilosocereus leucocephalus columnar cactus. Annals
of Botany 101: 175-185
- Stoner ke, Lobo JA, Quesada M, Fuchs EJ, Herrerías-Diego
Y, Munguía-Rosas MA , O.-Salazar K, Palacios-Guevara
C, Rosas-Guerrero V . 2008. Efecto de la perturbación del
bosque en la tasa de visitas de murciélagos polinizadores
y sus consecuencias en el éxito reproductivo y sistema
de apareamiento en árboles de la familia Bombacaceae .
En: Celia A. Harvey y Joel Saénz (editores). Evaluación
y conservación de la biodiversidad en paisajes fragmentados
de Mesoamérica . INBio. Santo Domingo de Heredia, Costa
Rica 351-372 pp.
- Munguía-Rosas MA ,
Sosa VJ. 2006. Variación altitudinal en los visitantes
florales y biología reproductiva de un cacto columnar (
Pilosocereus leucocephalus ) en la región del
centro de Veracruz, México. Boletín de la Sociedad
Latinoamericana y del Caribe de Cactáceas y otras Suculentas
3: 5-6.
- Munguía-Rosas MA .
2006. Homeostasis global y selección natural: Un juicio
para Gaia . Ciencias 82: 16-25.
- Sánchez-Gómez C, Pliego L, Contreras-Ramos
A, Munguía-Rosas MA , Salazar M, García-Romero
HL, Gonzáles-Jiménez MA. 2005. Histological study
of the proximal and distal segments of the embryonic outflow tract
and great arteries . The Anatomical Record 283: 202-211.
- Quesada M, Stoner KE, Lobo JA, Herrerías
Y, Palacios-Guevara C, Munguía-Rosas MA ,
O.-Salazar K . 2004. Effects of forest fragmentation on pollinator
activity and consequences for plant reproductive success and mating
patterns in bat-pollinated bombacaceous trees. Biotropica
36: 131-138 .
- Munguía-Rosas MA. 2004.
Producción de residuos sólidos en el bachillerato
general de la Unidad Pedagógica Agustín de Hipona:
Un estudio prospectivo para establecer un programa eficiente de
reciclaje . Boletín de la Academia General de Biología
de la Universidad Autónoma de Morelos 12: 4-15.
- Munguía-Rosas MA .
2001. Estudio morfológico de la unidad cardiopulmonar de
Ambystoma mexicanum (Amphia:Urodela) .
Boletín de la Sociedad Hepertologica Mexicana 9: 73-74
Under review
- Munguía-Rosas MA , Sosa VJ, Ojeda MM, De-Nova A. Specialization clines in the pollination system of Agave (Agavaceae) and columnar cacti (Cactaceae). American Journal of Botany .
- Munguía-Rosas MA, Sosa VJ, Jacome-Flores ME. Pollination system of the Pilosocereus leucocephalus (Cactaceae, tribe, Cereae) in eastern Mexico . Plant Biology.
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